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CROCODOPOLIS world of crocodilians TM
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PROFILE
israel dupont
AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
COMMUNICATIONS Public relations, production of education and entertainment projects for television, film, Internet, print and live production. EXHIBITION Facility & exhibit design, operant conditioning, & show/program production. AQUISITIONS Worldwide animal brokerage services, specializing in crocodilians.
Born, raised and educated in the Everglades region of South Florida, Dupont spent most of his childhood immersed in the natural world, traveling the forests, marshes and swamps of the southeastern United States, habitat of the storied American Alligator. He began caring for crocodilians and other exotic animals in early childhood as part of his family's commercial and private operation, and continued into adulthood. In his youth, he traveled the state of Florida collecting reptiles and amphibians, among many other fauna and flora. As
an award-winning writer, he has written for local newspapers about Florida wildlife;
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a seasoned speaker and performer he has lectured to school groups, local citizens and
international tourists about crocodilians, reptiles, Florida ecology and related
subjects; and as a keeper and curator of animals has worked with Lion
Country Safari wildlife park, his family’s own company, Wild Cargo,
Cypress Gardens Adventure Park, and Gatorland park in Orlando. While
working with Wild Cargo and Gatorland, Dupont performed countless
television and print media interviews and crocodilian/reptile media
interactions. At Gatorland Dupont enjoyed the opportunity to work in the
park’s acclaimed crocodilian animal training program, and was charged
with the supervision of the Adventure Tours Department, where he
developed the “Adventure Hour,” the only event of its kind in the
world in which guests are able to safely feed and interact up close with
large alligators in a natural setting. For the company he also conducted
conservation and alligator safety programs for thousands of students and
established policy and procedure and safety management guidelines. Dupont was privileged to be a participant in the Association of Zoos & Aquarium's (AZA) international Crocodilian Biology & Captive Management Course in 2006. Bearing his additional credentials as a multi-award winning artist and theatre performer and designer, and with an added background in marketing and commercial art, he has creatively fused his skills and talents in the fields of business, aesthetics and zoology into unique enterprises.In September 2006 he published the online magazine Crocodopolis: World of Crocodilians.
Israel is a member of the IUCN/Species Survival Commission (SSC) Crocodile Specialist Group, the international organization dedicated to the conservation of crocodilian species. He is also a member of the Association of Zoos & Aquarium's Crocodilian Advisory Group.
Photo Credits: Top center: John Ricksen; Right hand column: First and fifth: Chris Costa; Second: Jennifer Proctor; Third: Christopher Dieter; Fourth: Janice Haley; Sixth: Jessica bond; Seventh: Britta Lynn Witcher; Eighth & ninth: Hillary Dupont; Bottom, center column: Bill Horneck.
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Phone: +001 (863) 651.3991 +001 (863) 292.2236
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